A mini-survey of ultracool dwarfs at 4.9 GHz

2008/05/29 by A. Antonova, J. G. Doyle, G. Hallinan +2
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Brown dwarf #Cyclotron #Cyclotron radiation #Emission spectrum #Instability #Maser #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Radio astronomy #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Thermal emission #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20079275

arxiv created 2008/05/29 · openalex publication_date 2008/06/04 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. A selection of ultracool dwarfs are known to be radio active, with both gyrosynchrotron emission and the electron cyclotron maser instability being given as likely emission mechanisms.

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